Wagon and truck pole support.



c. D. HEILE. WAGON AND TRUCK POLE SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILE-D APR. 20, 1908.

Patented De0. 22, 1908.

L 1 IIIIIIIIIIHHI CHARLES D. HEILE, OF EVANSTON, ILLINOIS.

r WAGON AND 'rnulcx POLE SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 22, 1908.

Application filed April 20, 1908. Serial No. 428,224.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES D. HEILE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Evanston, in the county of Cook and Stateof Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Wagon and Truck Pole Supports, of Whichthe following is a specification, reference being had to the drawings forming a part thereof.

The purpose of this invention is to provide a device particularly adapted to uphold the draft pole or handle of a wagon or truck, and a draft pole or handle adapted to be upheld by such device.

It consists in the features of construction shown and described, as indicated. in the claim.

In the drawings :-Figure 1 is an inverted plan view of the forward end portion of a truck or wagon having a pole and operating device embodying this invention. Fig. 2 is a partly sectional side elevation of such truck or wagon, section being made at the line 2-2 on Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail section at the line 33 on Fig. 2.

A is the forward axle of. the truck or wagon, above which there is mounted the usual customary bolster, B, and thereon the lower element, C, of the turntable, whose upper element, C is secured to the truck or wagon body or platform, D, by the king-bolt, E, in the customary manner. The axle, A, has forward ro'ecting lugs, A A, just inside the whee s, F, F, res ectively, and the pole, G, has diverging for arms or bows, G G, extending for pivotal connection with the lugs, A A, respectively, to which they are pivotally connected by means of a rod, H, which extends across in front of the axle from lug to lug, the one rod constituting the pivot of both fork arms.

J, J are s rings which are coiled about the pivot rod, l l, being lod ed thereon just inside the lu s respective y, and havmg the inner end, J stoppedunder the axle, A, the outer end, which constitutes the longer arm, J rovided with a terminal hook, 9', engaging under the fork arm or how, G the s rings being made rights and lefts,-that is, coiled in opposite symmetrically,-as'

directions, so that being symmetrically disposed, as shown, the weight of the pole and its downward movement tend to tension the s rings, and the reaction of the s rin s, t erefore, tends to u lift and upho d t e pole, as shown in Fig. 2. A sufficient extent of coil to make a durable spring with sufficient resiliency to ermit the necessary range of movement of tlie pole up and down, if made of wire of suitable diameter to afford suflicient stiffness to uphold the weight of the pole, as is the intention of the device, requires such number of coils as to occupy a considerable distance inward from the lugs respectively; and the two arms of the spring being thus separated a considerable distance and extending in opposite directions from the pivot rod, the s ring in its reaction exerts very considerable downward pressure at its inner end upon the pivot rod, H, and in the absence of precautional means operates to bend the rod, distorting the pivots from their pro er alinement and cramping the pole and a so causing it to work in its bearlngs unevenly and soon become unserv iceable; and at the same time the sagging of the rod under the pressure of the springs detracts from the capacity of the springs for upholding the pole by their reaction. To overcome this defect there is provided a support. for the middle of the pivot rod, consistmg of a hanger in the form of an I-bolt, L, which is secured to and projects downwardly from a .tie or truss bar, 0, rigid with the lower turntable plate, C, and thereby rigid with the bolster, B, and axle, A.

I claim In combination with a truck or wagon axle, the tongue for the truck or wagon having spreading or diverging fork arms by which it is pivoted to the axle at widely separated points thereon, the axle having lugs for pivoting the fork arms; a rod extending through both lugs andfork arms for forming both pivots; springs coiled about the rod, each sto ped at one end of its coil under the axle an at the other end under one of the fork arms; turntable plates and a truss bar extending fore and aft for the lower turntable plate, and deflected downward between its fore and aft attachment to the at Chicago, Illinois, this 17th day of April,

lower turntable plate for rigid connection 1908.

with the mile a hanger carried by the truss bar and engaging the pivot rod for support- CHARLES HEILE' 5 ing it intermediate the springs. I In the presence ofln testimony whereof, 1 have hereunto set 7 CHAS. S. BURTON,

my hand, in the presence of two Witnesses, JULIA S. ABBOTT. 

